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VANCOUVER — The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has cut off supports for children with autism and their caregivers, leaving them feeling abandoned by the British Columbia government, advocates and researchers say.

EDMONTON — Lawyers representing the City of Edmonton say the city decided not to light a bridge in colours requested by an anti-abortion group because it risked polarizing the community, a judge heard Friday.

Montreal police say they responded to a hostage-taking call Friday but no threat was detected and no injuries were reported.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Lottery Corporation should have moved faster to protect the integrity of gaming more than a decade ago when it was under attack from organized crime, the public inquiry into money laundering heard Friday.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:30 p.m. B.C.

AIRDRIE, Alta.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:04 p.m. EST on Nov. 13, 2020: There are 287,228 confirmed cases in Canada.

Residents of a long-term care home hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic were crammed into overstuffed rooms and denied access to life-saving treatment because the facility was short on both staff and equipment, their families told Ontario's commission o

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning premiers that provinces need to take stronger action to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 or the federal government could face "impossible decisions" about where to allocate its limited resources.

HALIFAX — The federal fisheries minister is raising concerns about the health of the lobster stock in Cape Breton in connection with an Indigenous self-regulated fishery underway in St. Peters Bay.